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WILLIAM DOYLE GALLERIES AMERICAN FURNITURE AND DECORATIONS

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NEW YORK CITY -- At William Doyle Galleries' American furniture and

decorations auction on November 18, competition between bidders for Eighteenth

and Nineteenth Century American furniture from various regions drove many

prices well beyond presale estimates.

A Queen Anne walnut high chest from Massachusetts, circa 1760, was the day's

top lot at $24,150.

An early Nineteenth Century Federal inlaid mahogany Pembroke table from New

York brought $8,050; a set of ten Queen Anne style walnut dining chairs sold

to a private collector for $6,325; and a Nineteenth Century grain painted

apothecary chest, appealing for both modern and country interiors, sold for

double its presale estimate at $4,312.

Prices achieved for figured maple furniture revealed the appeal of this

category, as reflected in a Connecticut Chippendale figured maple slant-front

secretary bookcase which sold for $12,650. A Federal figured maple tall case

clock, early Nineteenth Century, sold above estimate for $10,350, and a

Federal tripod stand with two drawers sold for $2,530.

Several additional tall case clocks found favor with out-of-state buyers, such

as a Philadelphia Chippendale mahogany tall case clock painted with figures

representing the seasons that was purchased for $10,350; and a Federal inlaid

mahogany tall case clock from the Mid-Atlantic states that sold to the same

buyer for $7,475.

Contributing to the success of the sale were the prices achieved for a

selection of American silver, with nearly all of the lots selling well above

their presale estimates. An early Twentieth Century Baltimore five-piece

sterling silver tea and coffee service by S. Kirk & Son Co. tied up all phone

lines, and generated particular interest in its originating city. The set

commanded a price of $8,625, more than double its high estimate.

A Paul Revere, Jr silver beaker from Boston, circa 1800, from a private owner

whose family had owned it since the Civil War, sold for $8,050.

A large service of Nineteenth Century Canton Rose Medallion porcelain from a

southern plantation, divided among six different lots, together generated

$12,017. A Rose Medallion punchbowl, also from the plantation, brought $4,025,

more than double its presale estimate.

In an assortment of nearly 200 American paintings and historical and

decorative prints, strong competition for an engraving after John James

Audubon, titled "Green Heron," consigned by a renowned institution, increased

bidding well beyond its estimate at $18,400. Another Audubon, "American

Sparrow Hawk," reached $5,175.

A variety of genre scenes included Karl Anderson's "Children at an Abandoned

Well," which sold for $6,325, and Walter Franklin Lansil's "Sailing of the

Vineyard," which brought $4,887.

Folk art items included a painting by Ralph Cahoon entitled "The Cattle

Auction," dated 1910, which brought $14,950. In addition, an elaborately

painted six-fold screen, with eight panels representing Gothic arched windows,

sold for $4,887. A group of three carved and painted wood penguins reached

$2,530.

A selection of North Persian Bidjar carpets highlighted the rugs and carpets.

A Bidjar carpet with an all-over polychrome Herati pattern sold for $8,050,

and a similar but smaller Bidjar carpet reached $5,750. A Bidjar runner

brought more than double its presale estimate, selling for $4,025.